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The LIRW is over 30 members strong!

As a group, we celebrate our successes and offer support through the ups and downs of the writing journey. We are proud of our members and their many accomplishments.

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about this talented group!

April Ash

Leslie Bard

Jolyse Barnett

Dawn Berkoski 

Patty Blount Patty Blount on Facebook Follow Patty on Twitter

Lisa Brennan

Pamela Burford Pamela Burford website

Louisa Burton

Lynne Cannon

Debora Dale

Bianca D'Arc

Julia DeBragga

Harris Fischer

Judy Fischer

Roberta Gellis

Trudi Gilligan

Jaqueline Goodwin

Jennifer Gracen Jennifer Gracen on Facebook Follow Jennifer on Twitter

Liz Jakes

Monica Hope

Celia Jerome

Michele Lang

Marilyn Levinson

Pam McKenna 

Barbara Metzger

Jeannie Moon

Tuere Morton

Marianne Petit

Myra Platt

Yolanda Ramirez

Pat Ryan

Liz Slawinski

Marianne Stephens Visit Marianne Stephens' Facebook page

Maggie Van Well

Donna Velleman

Jenna Victoria

Dana Weinberg

Stephanie Wilson



Member News

JANUARY 2011

Christina Goldstein's book THE CHASE IS ON is being released on April 29, 2011. Christina writes under the name of Maggie Van Well.

Patty Blount and her YA novel, SEND, is now being represented by Denise Little of the Ethan Ellenberg Agency.

Trudi Seery Gilligan’s book GOLD COAST WIVES was contracted by Lyrical Press. Trudi will be writing under the pseudonym Bernadette Walsh.


Published Author Blurbs

April Ash
April's erotic romance books include: Sexy Games and Strip Poker for Two.

Visit April online!




Pamela Burford
Pamela Burford is a two-time RITA Award finalist and the author of thirteen sexy and humorous romance novels. Her books have received outstanding reviews and been translated into more than a dozen languages. She’s the proud founder and past president of Long Island Romance Writers. Her sister Patricia Ryan (a.k.a. the Good Twin) is also a published novelist.

Pamela's email address is pam@pamelaburford.com. She invites you to visit her website at http://www.pamelaburford.com/.




Bianca D'Arc
Bianca D'Arc has run a laboratory, climbed the corporate ladder in the shark-infested streets of Manhattan, studied and taught martial arts, and earned the right to put a whole bunch of letters after her name, but she's always enjoyed writing more than any of her other pursuits. Bianca's multi-book series include: Dragon Knights series; Paranormal Tales; Resonance Mates series; and two upcoming novels, Half Past Dead and Once Bitten, Twice Dead, both due in 2010.

To learn more about her work, visit www.biancadarc.com online!



Roberta Gellis
Roberta Gellis is one of the Grande Dames of historical romance. Her beloved titles include The Cornish Heiress, The Kent Heiress and The English Heiress are made available once again through Cerridwen Press, and her riveting And Less than Kind, This Scepter'd Isle, Ill Met by Moonlight and By Slanderous Tongues are available from Baen Books.

Visit Roberta online!



Celia Jerome Celia Jerome
TROLLS IN THE HAMPTONS is Celia Jerome's first book of contemporary fantasy, to be followed by four more in the series. Celia lives at the end of Long Island and believes in magic.

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Michele Lang
Michele is the author of Netherwood, a science fiction romance in the ground-breaking Shomi line from Dorchester Publishing. She is currently weaving her spell for the upcoming Lady Lazarus trilogy due to begin publication in 2010 from Tor Books.

Visit Michele Lang online!



Marilyn Levinson
Marilyn is the author of beloved children's books No Boys Allowed!, And Don't Bring Jeremy, and Rufus and Magic Run Amok.

Visit Marilyn Levinson online!
Check out her Blog at http://dialogformurder.blogspot.com/




Pam McKenna
Pam's steamy romances Photo Play, Faking It, and Binding Agreement are available through Ellora's Cave

Visit Pam McKenna online!



Barbara Metzger
Barbara Metzger is the author of over forty books and a dozen novellas, mostly set in Regency-era England. She has won numerous awards, including the Romance Writers of America® RITA®, and two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times Magazine. The Bargain Bride (Signet Eclipse), is her latest book.

Visit Barbara Metzger online!



Marianne Petit
Marianne Petit is a past President of the LIRW. She presently serves as Vice President of the Melville Lions Club.Newsday and several local newspapers have written articles on Ms. Petit and she was interviewed on TV for her time travel, A Find Through Time.

Her second book, The Glass Armonica, is available through her website and through online retailers B&N and Amazon.

Drop in and visit her website for extensive research links.



Patricia Ryan
Patricia Ryan has written twenty-eight contemporary and historical novels and novellas. Silken Threads won Romance Writers of America®'s RITA® Award for Best Long Historical Romance. A four-time RITA® nominee, she won two Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards and the Golden Heart. Author of the Gilded Age mystery series as P.B. Ryan, Pat's most recent project is the Hidden Grotto series of erotic romance for Bantam Books, written as Louisa Burton. In the Garden of Sin, is on sale now.

Visit Patricia Ryan and learn more about Louisa Burton online!



Marianne Stephens Marianne Stephens
Marianne's mainstream contemporary/paranormal romance books include: Gone to the Dogs, Street of Dreams, Second Sight Dating, Anything You Can Do. Nonfiction book: Guilty Survivor – Memoirs of Tamerla Kendall.

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Maggie Van Well Maggie Van Well
Maggie Van Well writes humorous contemporary and paranormal romance. Her first contemporary release, The Chase is On, is available April 29, 2011 through The Wild Rose Press, Amazon, B&N as well as other online retailers. She lives on Long Island with her husband, four kids and three Italian Greyhounds.

Visit Maggie Van Well online!
You can find her on Facebook, too.







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